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8/26/18

USA: John McCain, a Last Lion of the Senate - by Carl Hulse

John McCain was an essential element of
the nation’s political conversation for half a century, an ever-present
figure eager to challenge friend and foe through his singular
temperament — sometimes angry, often funny, always ardent.

Now
he is gone, leaving behind a storied life and a tear in America’s
political fabric at a time when national unity — always a McCain theme
and ultimate goal — seems especially elusive.

“We are losing someone who really, no matter who was the president,
believed in the Senate’s role in checks and balances,” said Senator
Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, who was a frequent traveling
companion of Mr. McCain on official overseas trips. “He truly was a
giant in the Senate, a towering figure and someone who really made a
difference not just on policy, but in asserting the Senate’s
constitutional role.”